Title: Tears

Author: blue-crystal-9 (aka Janelle)

Rating: PG

Pairing: Hitsugaya/Hinamori

Warnings: Nothing. A little bit of angst maybe, but that's it. It's more of a Hitsugaya!protective fic than anything else. There's no spoilers, and I believe it takes place sometime before…well, everything. -lol- Basically, before the whole Aizen….thing. Pre-beginning of Bleach, I suppose. But really, it could apply after the Aizen events as well.

Summary: A Hitsugaya-centered fic. Hitsugaya's feelings about when Hinamori cried.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach.

Author's Notes: I iz being productive. :3 It's short. It's like a frickin' drabble…I've never written a drabble before. This is weird. I used to think I was incapable of writing a drabble because I babble so much. Apparently not. …Whoa, insight, man! ;) So, I'm not sure if this is any good or not. It makes me paranoid that it's only like, three hundred words. I'm going to go hide under the covers now. ;) Also, this is also posted on the hitsuhina community on livejournal, so I apologize if you've seen it before.

Anywho, on with the fic!

It didn't just bother him when she cried. It tore him up inside.

Whenever he saw those tear drops roll down her cheeks, leaving silver trails behind them, he'd die a little inside. His heart would feel like there were jagged pieces of glass sticking into it, and his chest would constrict, making it hard to breathe. It would almost make him want to cry. But, of course, he wouldn't, because he was Captain Hitsugaya, of the tenth division, the ice king and master of all things frozen. He did not cry. But hell, he wanted to whenever he saw her cry.

She was supposed to smile. Her eyes were supposed to be filled with light, the joy of life and all that. She seemed to be part of the sun when she smiled. Shining, bright, beautiful. Her gorgeous brown eyes would light up and almost glow, and her face would radiate happiness. There should never, ever be pain in those eyes. Anguish. It simply did not belong there.

That's why he said that he'd hurt anyone who made her cry, anyone who made her hurt. It would make him furiously, murderously angry. Because she belonged in the sun, not the rain. It made something in him want to lash out at anyone who made her even wince in pain.

She needed happiness, all the happiness she could get so she could shine, so she could smile that smile at him, the one that was purely Momo. The smile that made him crack a lopsided grin even when he was trying to act grown up and serious. That smile was what had kept him sane throughout all the difficult training, and all the shit he had to put up with as captain. It was what kept him going.

And he would give his life to make sure no one hurt her, to make sure no one caused those tears to come.

AN2: And then Aizen screwed everyone over. -pout- But, he is one wicked bad ass character, I'll give him that. ;) I alternate between thinking, "Dude, he is one awesome evil character!" and "God, I hate him. He's such as bastard. Look at how sad Hitsugaya is over Hinamori having gone semi-insane. This is all Aizen's fault. I hope he drops dead." -lol- This has got to be the shortest thing I've ever written. Ever. When I was a kid, and at school we'd have to write a story, and the teachers would tell you to write a short story. Well, I used to write ones that were fifteen pages long, as apposed to the acquired three. -lol- Anyway, yay for Hitsugaya/Hinamori-ness! -runs around in excited circles-